1974–75 VfL Bochum season

The 1974–75 VfL Bochum season was the 37th season in club history.

VfL Bochum

1974–75 season
President	Ottokar Wüst
Head Coach	Heinz Höher
Stadium	Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Bundesliga	11th
DFB-Pokal	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Werner Balte (14) All: Werner Balte (14)
Highest home attendance	34,000 (vs. FC Bayern Munich, 29 November 1974)
Lowest home attendance	10,000 (vs. Tennis Borussia Berlin, 1 April 1975; Kickers Offenbach, 7 June 1975)
Average home league attendance	17,635
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

24 August 1974 1	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
15:30	Weller  76' (pen.)	[1]		Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Hermann Schröder (Lahnstein)

31 August 1974 2	VfL Bochum	3–2	1. FC Köln	Bochum
15:30	Balte  24' (pen.) Eggert  44' Kaczor  74'	[2]	Müller  7' Löhr  35'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Wilfried Haselberger (Reutlingen)

11 September 1974 3	Wuppertaler SV	1–1	VfL Bochum	Wuppertal
20:00	Gerber  53'	[3]	Holz  61'	Stadium: Stadion am Zoo Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)

14 September 1974 4	VfL Bochum	2–1	FC Schalke 04	Bochum
15:30	Balte  28' Kaczor  58'	[4]	Abramczik  8'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 29,800 Referee: Volker Roth (Salzgitter)

21 September 1974 5	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–0	VfL Bochum	Braunschweig
15:30	Merkhoffer  43' Gersdorff  72'	[5]		Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Günter Linn (Altendiez)

28 September 1974 6	VfL Bochum	3–1	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
15:30	Balte  29' (pen.) Kaczor  70' Tenhagen  77'	[6]	Ohling  90'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Jürgen Meßmer (Mannheim)

5 October 1974 7	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–0	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
15:30	Jensen  32', 42' Simonsen  54' (pen.)	[7]		Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 13,100 Referee: Wolfgang Dittmer (Mutterstadt)

9 October 1974 8	VfL Bochum	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum
20:00	Holz  38' Lameck  45' (pen.) Tenhagen  57'	[8]	Rohrbach  81'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)

12 October 1974 9	Tennis Borussia Berlin	2–0	VfL Bochum	West Berlin
15:30	Sprenger  66' Stolzenburg  90'	[9]		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim)

19 October 1974 10	VfL Bochum	4–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
15:30	Kaczor  13', 30' Eggeling  17' Balte  43' (pen.)	[10]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Peter Gabor (West Berlin)

2 November 1974 11	MSV Duisburg	3–1	VfL Bochum	Duisburg
14:30	Bella  26' Thies  36' Seliger  71'	[11]	Eggert  7'	Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)

9 November 1974 12	VfL Bochum	2–2	Rot-Weiss Essen	Bochum
15:30	Holz  28' Tenhagen  40'	[12]	Fürhoff  13' Erlhoff  63'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Karl-Heinz Picker (Hamburg)

16 November 1974 13	VfL Bochum	4–2	Hamburger SV	Bochum
15:30	Köper  10' Kaczor  48', 58' Balte  69'	[13]	Volkert  22' Reimann  47'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)

23 November 1974 14	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–1	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
15:30		[14]	Balte  67'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Max Klauser (Munich)

29 November 1974 15	VfL Bochum	3–0	FC Bayern Munich	Bochum
20:00	Kaczor  7' Balte  15' (pen.), 51'	[15]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Peter Gabor (West Berlin)

6 December 1974 16	Kickers Offenbach	2–0	VfL Bochum	Offenbach am Main
20:00	Ritschel  8' (pen.) Hickersberger  60'	[16]		Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)

14 December 1974 17	VfL Bochum	4–0	Hertha BSC	Bochum
15:30	Kaczor  59' Köper  65' Lameck  86' Franke  89'	[17]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)

25 January 1975 18	VfL Bochum	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
15:30	Balte  53'	[18]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim)

1 February 1975 19	1. FC Köln	4–1	VfL Bochum	Cologne
15:30	Neumann  8' Müller  29' Overath  35' Glowacz  43'	[19]	Eggeling  71'	Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)

15 February 1975 20	VfL Bochum	4–2	Wuppertaler SV	Bochum
15:30	Balte  15', 73' (pen.) Köper  17', 34'	[20]	Nagy  29' Gerber  38'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)

22 February 1975 21	FC Schalke 04	1–0	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
15:30	Fischer  12'	[21]		Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Jürgen Meßmer (Mannheim)

1 March 1975 22	VfL Bochum	1–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Bochum
15:30	Balte  83'	[22]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)

8 March 1975 23	SV Werder Bremen	3–0	VfL Bochum	Bremen
15:30	Røntved  11' Weist  60' Bracht  67'	[23]		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)

22 March 1975 24	VfL Bochum	0–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
15:30		[24]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)

22 April 1975 25	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–1	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
20:00	Lorenz  12', 15', 82' Hölzenbein  40'	[25]	Dewinski  42'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Dietrich Basedow (Hamburg)

1 April 1975 26	VfL Bochum	0–0	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Bochum
20:00		[26]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Max Klauser (Munich)

5 April 1975 27	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–0	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
15:30	Melzer  52'	[27]		Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)

19 April 1975 28	VfL Bochum	1–2	MSV Duisburg	Bochum
15:30	Bruckmann  84' (o.g.)	[28]	Büssers  1', 43'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Udo Zuchantke (West Berlin)

3 May 1975 29	Rot-Weiss Essen	1–1	VfL Bochum	Essen
15:30	Wieczorkowski  47'	[29]	Versen  83'	Stadium: Georg-Melches-Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Paul Kindervater (Cologne)

10 May 1975 30	Hamburger SV	3–2	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30	Zaczyk  35' Memering  59' Bertl  85'	[30]	Holz  28' Pochstein  66'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)

24 May 1975 31	VfL Bochum	4–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
15:30	Tenhagen  7' Köper  55' Balte  69', 89' (pen.)	[31]	Brei  44', 75'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Udo Zuchantke (West Berlin)

31 May 1975 32	FC Bayern Munich	2–1	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Schwarzenbeck  54' Müller  79'	[32]	Holz  39'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Wolfgang Dittmer (Mutterstadt)

7 June 1975 33	VfL Bochum	3–1	Kickers Offenbach	Bochum
15:30	Holz  42' Lameck  60' (pen.), 64'	[33]	Kostedde  40'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Dietrich Basedow (Hamburg)

14 June 1975 34	Hertha BSC	4–2	VfL Bochum	West Berlin
15:30	Grau  8' Beer  28' Müller  45' (pen.) Sidka  64'	[34]	Holz  77' (pen.) Kaczor  82'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)

DFB-Pokal

7 September 1974 R1	SC Herford	0–3	VfL Bochum	Herford
		[35]	Stremming  26' (o.g.) Holz  28' Tenhagen  48'	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Dieter Stäglich (Bonn)

25 October 1974 R2	FC Bayern Hof	2–2 (a.e.t.)	VfL Bochum	Hof
	Werner  51' Schuster  54'	[36]	Fromm  15' Lameck  78' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Grüne Au Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dieter Berner (Enzberg)

21 December 1974 R2 Replay	VfL Bochum	5–0	FC Bayern Hof	Bochum
	Tenhagen  3' Fromm  33', 47' Pochstein  72' Köper  86'	[37]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Volker Roth (Salzgitter)

8 February 1975 R3	Bayer 05 Uerdingen	0–2	VfL Bochum	Uerdingen
		[38]	Kaczor  57', 82'	Attendance: 10,300 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)

15 March 1975 R4	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
	Weidle  40'	[39]		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)

Squad

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF		Werner Balte	39	14	34	14	5	0
	GK		Hans-Jürgen Bradler	3	0	2	0	1	0
	DF		Klaus-Dieter Dewinski	10	1	9	1	1	0
	FW		Heinz-Werner Eggeling	24	2	21	2	3	0
	DF		Michael Eggert	34	2	29	2	5	0
	DF		Harry Fechner	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Klaus Franke	38	1	34	1	4	0
	DF		Hartmut Fromm	33	3	28	0	5	3
	DF		Erwin Galeski	3	0	2	0	1	0
	FW		Hermann Gerland	10	0	9	0	1	0
	MF		Paul Holz	38	8	34	7	4	1
	MF		Gisbert Horsthemke	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW		Josef Kaczor	37	12	33	10	4	2
	MF		Hans-Jürgen Köper	29	6	24	5	5	1
	FW		Peter Kursinski	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Michael Lameck	39	5	34	4	5	1
	FW		Hans-Joachim Pochstein	19	2	16	1	3	1
	GK		Werner Scholz	37	0	33	0	4	0
	MF		Franz-Josef Tenhagen	37	6	33	4	4	2
	DF		Dieter Versen	33	1	28	1	5	0

• Source:

Summer

In: No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  FRG Klaus Franke (form Schwarz-Weiss Essen) — MF  FRG Paul Holz (form FC Schalke 04) — MF  FRG Gisbert Horsthemke (form SV Eintracht Heessen) — FW  FRG Josef Kaczor (form SV Eintracht Heessen) — FW  FRG Peter Kursinski (form VfL Bochum II) — FW  FRG Hans-Joachim Pochstein (form BV Brambauer)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  FRG Harry Bohrmann (to BV Herne-Süd 1913) — MF  FRG Hans-Günter Etterich (to SC Westfalia Herne) — MF  FRG Franz-Josef Laufer (to Schwarz-Weiss Essen) — FW  FRG Reinhard Majgl (to K.A.S. Eupen) — MF  GRE Fotios Papadopoulos (to Kalamata F.C.) — FW  FRG Hans Walitza (to 1. FC Nürnberg)

Sources

1. "VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
2. "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Köln 3:2" (in German). kicker.
3. "Wuppertaler SV – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
4. "VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 2:1" (in German). kicker.
5. "Eintracht Braunschweig – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
6. "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 3:1" (in German). kicker.
7. "Borussia Mgladbach – VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
8. "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt 3:1" (in German). kicker.
9. "Tennis Borussia Berlin – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
10. "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Kaiserslautern 4:0" (in German). kicker.
11. "MSV Duisburg – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
12. "VfL Bochum – Rot-Weiss Essen 2:2" (in German). kicker.
13. "VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV 4:2" (in German). kicker.
14. "Fortuna Düsseldorf – VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
15. "VfL Bochum – Bayern München 3:0" (in German). kicker.
16. "Kickers Offenbach – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
17. "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC 4:0" (in German). kicker.
18. "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart :" (in German). kicker.
19. "1. FC Köln – VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.
20. "VfL Bochum – Wuppertaler SV 4:2" (in German). kicker.
21. "FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
22. "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Braunschweig 1:0" (in German). kicker.
23. "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
24. "VfL Bochum – Borussia Mgladbach 0:0" (in German). kicker.
25. "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.
26. "VfL Bochum – Tennis Borussia Berlin 0:0" (in German). kicker.
27. "1. FC Kaiserslautern – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
28. "VfL Bochum – MSV Duisburg 1:2" (in German). kicker.
29. "Rot-Weiss Essen – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
30. "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). kicker.
31. "VfL Bochum – Fortuna Düsseldorf 4:2" (in German). kicker.
32. "Bayern München – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
33. "VfL Bochum – Kickers Offenbach 3:1" (in German). kicker.
34. "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 4:2" (in German). kicker.
35. "Spielstatistik SC Herford gegen VfL Bochum 0:3 (0:2)" [Match statistic SC Herford vs. VfL Bochum 0–3 (0–2)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
36. "Spielstatistik FC Bayern Hof gegen VfL Bochum 2:2 n.V." [Match statistic FC Bayern Hof vs. VfL Bochum 2–2 aet] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
37. "Spielstatistik VfL Bochum gegen 5:0 (2:0)" [Match statistic VfL Bochum vs. FC Bayern Hof 5–0 (2–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
38. "Spielstatistik Bayer Uerdingen gegen VfL Bochum 0:2 (0:0)" [Match statistic Bayer Uerdingen vs. VfL Bochum 0–2 (0–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
39. "Spielstatistik Eintracht Frankfurt gegen VfL Bochum 1:0 (1:0)" [Match statistic Eintracht Frankfurt vs. VfL Bochum 1–0 (1–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.

External links

• 1974–75 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
• 1974–75 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (in German)
• 1974–75 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)